[51.05] Ultraviolet Images of Nearby Radio Galaxies

STIS UV snapshots of low redshift (z<0.1) 3CR radio
galaxies show a diverse range of UV morphologies including
regions of star formation, jets, and possible scattered AGN
continuum. We find large 10-20 kpc scale highly chaotic dust
lanes that are encrusted with star forming regions, and
smaller kpc scale regular dust disks with no evidence for
star formation processes. The large scale UV emission,
predominantly in FR-II radio galaxies, is in general
divergent from their visual morphology and is reminiscent of
the chaotic high-z radio galaxies structures seen in
rest-frame UV.